The Joint Research Centre of the European Commission has announced that the Competence Centre on Participatory and Deliberative Democracy (CC-DEMOS) has partnered with Democracy X and ifok to develop a training package for public administrations at local, regional and national level across Europe as well as future trainers.
This training offer aims to sustain the first Commission’s priority on a Free and Democratic Europe and the focus on developing a European Democracy Shield to protect European democracies and beyond. Late 2023, the European Commission adopted a Recommendation to Member States on Civic engagement in policymaking under the Defence of Democracy Package. This Recommendation is the EU legal basis that sustains the construction of a deliberative democracy infrastructure across EU Member States.
The training will be available over two semesters in 2025 through the EU Academy Platform, with the first edition running from 26 of March until 24 of June, offered in English. The training is free of charge. Participants will be able to choose among three levels of competence:
Basic: for public administration professionals who seek a quick start guide onto citizen participation processes
Application deadline: 17 March 2025
Advanced: for public administration professionals who want to deep-dive into specific dimensions of citizen participation and master them
Application deadline: 7 April 2025
Train-the-trainer: for public administration professionals as well as experts and practitioners of citizen participation who seek a comprehensive set of knowledge, competences and skills on citizen engagement processes to train public administration professionals.
Application deadline: 28 April 2025
Registration is available via the link: https://cop-demos.jrc.ec.europa.eu/training-public-administration To find out more about the Competence Centre and its work, visit the website.
